[nabs-l] NFB Cane Rant

[Steve Jacobson]

While we need to be sensitive to the traveling situations in which we find ourselves, I wonder to what degree her school has explained to the other students that the cane plays a safety role for her as well, that it locates the beginning of flights of stairs, for example, and it helps her maneuver around people.  Too often we are made responsible for the safety of everyone else without expecting that there is some education of those around us.  I would frankly want to know more about this situation before I jumped on the school's bandwagon.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Caitlin Best via NABS-L
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 7:49 PM
To: louvins at gmail.com; National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Caitlin Best <bestca21 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB Cane Rant

The school isn’t denying you from using your cane. When in a busy and crowded area, it is safer for you and people around you if you use a pencil grip. This allows you to safely navigate through the area with a lesser chance for your cane breaking or a tripping for those may not be paying attention to their surroundings. 

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> On Nov 8, 2017, at 20:36, Joshua Hendrickson via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> In this case if you are going to a public school, I completely agree
> with your school.  It isn't that difficult to shorten up your grip on
> your straight cane and just move your hand down a bit.  Those NFB
> canes are so long, that you could trip someone.  I didn't know about
> shortening up my cane grip until I went to the school for the blind in
> Illinois.  If I had, then I wouldn't have tripped someone once with my
> folding cane.  When I picked up my cane, I had found that when the
> person tripped, my cane had broken right at one of the joints, and
> couldn't be put back together again.  I had to get a new cane.
> 
>> On 11/8/17, Armando Vias via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> This is not directed to my NFB cane. This is directed to the school I go to.
>> I go to a blind school, in which someone advised me to switch schools to
>> public school. So, I'm using my NFB cane, and they think that the cane is
>> too long and it's a safety issue. IT's NOT A SAFETY ISSUE!!! I tried to
>> fight, but I lost the fight. They told me to shrink my hand to the lower
>> part of the the cane. This happened some weeks ago, but I just want to rant
>> about this on the list. They need to understand that I can use my long cane.
>> That's it. You can text me at my phone number in my signature. I also need
>> new friends to talk to.
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